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Girl Scouts at Post Oak Mall (top photo) watch participants in the
Girl Scout Cookie Eating Contest wolf down the tasty treats Mon
day. Corps Commander Matt Poling (left photo), Bryan Mayor
Marvin Tate and College Station Mayor Larry Ringer (bottom
photo) were defeated by Fred Brown who ate 27 cookies in three
minutes.
Rains
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seen in the classroom.”
Rains, who was Texas Secretary of
State from 1987 to 1989, said the va
lue of a high school diploma in
Texas should be backed by a guar
antee of basic educational skills.
“When you give people a piece of
paper, and they can’t pass a simple
literacy test, you are cheating them,”
Rains said. “You’re cheating them,
and you’re cheating the state and the
society they are a part of.”
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Illiteracy and drug abuse are the
underlying causes of crime, Rains
said. He suggested a combination of
Cypress swamp endangered
Houston officials survey area threatened by dam
“W hen you give
people a piece of paper
and they can’t pass a
simple literacy test, you are
cheating them. You’re
cheating them and you’re
cheating the state and the
society they are a part of.”
— Jack Rains,
Republican gubernatorial
candidate
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jrity prisons, Rains said. These low-
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| terms for repeat offenders, he said.
“I want hardened criminals off
the streets and out of our lives,”
Rains said. “I plan to treat the vio
lent repeat offenders like the trash
they are. I’m going to put them in
the garbage can and sit on the lid.”
For sex (offenders, Rains pro-
jposed a mandatory sentence of 20
[years for rapists and an option of
hemical castration for repeat sex of-
enders as a condition of parole. He
Iso supports the death penalty for
rug kingpins and strict penalties
lot casual drug users.
Rains said he thinks the state gov-
Jernment is being run on a reactio-
fiary basis.
“We’re managing by crisis in Tex
ts,” Rains said. “That’s
[o run your business.
WALLISVILLE (AP) — Environmentalists hoping to
save the largest remaining cypress swamp on the Texas
Gulf Coast gave Houston officials a first-hand look
Monday at what would be lost if the area is dammed so
Houston’s freshwater needs in the next century can be
met.
The Wallisville Reservoir Project, to be built on the
Trinity River east of Houston by the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, has been on the drawing board for de
cades.
It would cover 5,600 acres, including 3,300 acres of
cypress swamp once patrolled in the early 1800s by
famed French pirate Jean Lafitte.
The project has run into stiff opposition from envi
ronmentalists who fear it will doom inland wetlands by
I here is broad agreement that
building a reservoir is not a good idea.
This is one of the most beautiful natural
areas and ought to be a national park.”
— Dale Gorczynski,
Houston city councilman
flooding them and devastate the ecological system of
Galveston Bay, into which the river flows, by cutting off
the natural supply of fresh wmter and nutrients. The
river provides the bay with 70 percent of its fresh water.
Another concern is that salt water from the bay could
contaminate the fresh water area during times of low
inland water levels.
A concrete dam was 70 percent complete before en
vironmentalists in 1973 obtained a court order to halt
construction.
Houston city council members are reviewing a mas
ter city water plan which recommends using water from
the Toledo Bend Reservoir, about 125 miles northeast
of Houston, and combine it with a Wallisville project to
meet fresh water needs 20 to 30 years from now.
“There is broad agreement that building a reservoir
is not a good idea,” Houston City councilman Dale
Gorczynski said while touring the wilderness area in a
boat. “This is one of the most beautiful natural areas
and ought to be a national park.
But there also seems to be a broad agreement of the
need for a salt water barrier. The issue is what type of
salt water barrier is going to be constructed and who is
going to pay for it.”
' Gorczynski is chairman of a council flood manage
ment committee whiefi is reviewing the city’s master wa
ter plan and will recommend changes within the next
couple of weeks.
He and another councilman,, Vince Ryan, with re
porters and camera crews in tow, dodging submerged
tree stumps and low Overhanging tree limbs, were led
through miles of narrow canals through the swamp
land by members of conservation groups.
“Under the Corps’ plan, all of this would be under
water,” Linda Shead, director of the Galveston Bay
Foundation, said. “All the vegetation wouldn’t be here.
And you lose the communication with the bay.”
Environmentalists are favoring an inflatable salt wa
ter barrier instead of a permanent concrete structure
favored by the Corps of Engineers.
“I think we can have it both ways if we are smart
enough,” Gorczynski said of getting the needed water
and preserving the environment. “But we also could
foul things up pretty good if we cut off the flow to Gal
veston Bay. We could do irreparable damage.”
“You do get a definite sense of the importance of
ecology out here,” Ryan, who serves with Gorczynski on
the water panel and was getting his first look at the Wal
lisville area,said.
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will be used to raise awareness of al
cohol-related accidents.
“Our goal is to make people aware
of using this program,” Sorrell said.
“We want students to be aware of al
cohol, to drive safely and be respon
sive to those who abuse alcohol."
Sorrell began organizing the pro
gram in the fall when the Center for
Drug Prevention and Education re
ceived a $27,000 grant from the
Texas Department of Highways and
Public Transportation. She pre
sented the program to student orga
nizations and resident halls, and re
cruited volunteers after each
presentation.
Volunteers’ jobs consist of going
to bars and restaurants and telling
the manager or owner about the
program, Sorrell said.
She said volunteers issue promo
tional materials such as buttons and
cups for non-alcoholic beverages
and posters with advertisements that
say, “Be the life of the party, be a
designated driver.”
“We have about seven volunteers,
and w'e are trying to increase our
:’s not the way
“What we need in state govern-
tient is planning, committment to
oais and accountability. We don’t
ave that today. We must find it, be-
ause the stakes are too high not to.”
Candidates
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ology health major, said he was dis
appointed in the candidates’ lack of
professionalism.
Political Forum Chairman Mat
thew Wood, ajunior political science
major, said the candidates’ atten
dance shows why those five people
do not have a significant showing in
the polls.
Cude told Political Forum Mon
day that he had been at the Houston
Livestock Show and Rodeo, and his
voice was not strong enough to
speak, Karr said.
Otwell’s campaign spokesman
said Otwell was on his way at 6:30
p.m., but Otwell never arrived. His
political literature, however, was
there, even though the rules of the
forum prohibited printed campaign
material, Karr said.
Holmes arrived at 3 p.m., two
hours early for his speech, but had
to be in Houston Monday night so
he did not stay. Karr said the candi-.
dates’ contracts listed the specific
times they were to speak.
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The purpose of the program is to
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